[Nut-upsuser] UPS Monitor Won't Start: invalid directive monitor

[Jarrod Coombes]

When I try to start the UPS monitor service I get:

Starting Network UPS Tools - power device monitor and shutdown controller...
fopen /run/nut/upsmon.pid: No such file or directory
/etc/nut/upsmon.conf line 86: invalid directive monitor APC-t at localhost 1
admin <8 random letters> master
/etc/nut/upsmon.conf line 87: invalid directive monitor APC-b at localhost 1
admin <8 random letters> master
Using power down flag file /etc/killpower
Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.7.4
Fatal error: insufficient power configured!
Sum of power values........: 0
Minimum value (MINSUPPLIES): 1
Edit your upsmon.conf and change the values.
nut-monitor.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
nut-monitor.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Failed to start Network UPS Tools - power device monitor and shutdown
controller.


Restarting the NUT server works:

Connected to UPS [APC-b]: usbhid-ups-APC-b
Connected to UPS [APC-t]: usbhid-ups-APC-t
Connected to UPS [APC-b]: usbhid-ups-APC-b
Connected to UPS [APC-t]: usbhid-ups-APC-t
Startup successful
Started Network UPS Tools - power devices information server.
Data for UPS [APC-t] is stale - check driver
Data for UPS [APC-b] is stale - check driver
UPS [APC-t] data is no longer stale
UPS [APC-b] data is no longer stale


nut-scanner returns:

$ *nut-scanner -q*
SNMP library not found. SNMP search disabled.
Neon library not found. XML search disabled.
IPMI library not found. IPMI search disabled.
[nutdev1]
        driver = "usbhid-ups"
        port = "auto"
        vendorid = "051D"
        productid = "0002"
        bus = "001"
[nutdev2]
        driver = "usbhid-ups"
        port = "auto"
        vendorid = "051D"
        productid = "0002"
        bus = "001"


The two UPSes are identical, so I created some custom udev rules to create
/dev/apc-t and /dev/apc-b and this appears to work. I can run *ls /dev/a**
and get:

/dev/apc-b  /dev/apc-t  /dev/autofs


This does work, and I can get info from the UPSes, and have verified that
the info is different, so there is no conflict with duplication (see below,
note the serial numbers are different in the list of data).

When I run *upsc APC-t at localhost* I get:

Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.mfr.date: 2020/01/29
battery.runtime: 1320
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.temperature: 27.4
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.5
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.mfr: American Power Conversion
device.model: Smart-UPS 1500 RM
device.serial: xxxxxxxx855
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.bus: 001
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 1
driver.parameter.port: /dev/apc-t
driver.parameter.productid: 0002
driver.parameter.serial: xxxxxxxx855
driver.parameter.synchronous: no
driver.parameter.vendorid: 051D
driver.version: 2.7.4
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.96
driver.version.internal: 0.41
input.sensitivity: high
input.transfer.high: 127
input.transfer.low: 106
input.voltage: 121.6
output.frequency: 60.0
output.voltage: 121.6
output.voltage.nominal: 120.0
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.delay.start: 30
ups.firmware: 617.3.D
ups.firmware.aux: 8.1
ups.load: 28.6
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2007/08/29
ups.model: Smart-UPS 1500 RM
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: AS0735130855
ups.status: OL
ups.test.result: No test initiated
ups.timer.reboot: -1
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.timer.start: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d


When I run *upsc APC-b at localhost* I get:

Init SSL without certificate database
battery.charge: 100
battery.charge.low: 10
battery.charge.warning: 50
battery.mfr.date: 2020/01/29
battery.runtime: 1020
battery.runtime.low: 120
battery.temperature: 27.9
battery.type: PbAc
battery.voltage: 27.5
battery.voltage.nominal: 24.0
device.mfr: American Power Conversion
device.model: Smart-UPS 1500 RM
device.serial: xxxxxxxx867
device.type: ups
driver.name: usbhid-ups
driver.parameter.bus: 001
driver.parameter.pollfreq: 30
driver.parameter.pollinterval: 1
driver.parameter.port: /dev/apc-b
driver.parameter.productid: 0002
driver.parameter.serial: xxxxxxxx867
driver.parameter.synchronous: no
driver.parameter.vendorid: 051D
driver.version: 2.7.4
driver.version.data: APC HID 0.96
driver.version.internal: 0.41
input.sensitivity: high
input.transfer.high: 127
input.transfer.low: 106
input.voltage: 122.4
output.frequency: 60.0
output.voltage: 122.4
output.voltage.nominal: 120.0
ups.beeper.status: enabled
ups.delay.shutdown: 20
ups.delay.start: 30
ups.firmware: 617.3.D
ups.firmware.aux: 8.1
ups.load: 48.7
ups.mfr: American Power Conversion
ups.mfr.date: 2007/08/29
ups.model: Smart-UPS 1500 RM
ups.productid: 0002
ups.serial: AS0735130867
ups.status: OL
ups.test.result: No test initiated
ups.timer.reboot: -1
ups.timer.shutdown: -1
ups.timer.start: -1
ups.vendorid: 051d


At this point I have no idea what to do to get this work, nor what I am
doing wrong. I have confirmed that my configs match the documentation, but
the error I am getting is completely undocumented and Google searches are
not helping either.

Here are all the config files.


*ups.conf*
maxretry = 3

pollinterval = 1

[APC-t]
        driver = usbhid-ups
        port = /dev/apc-t
        desc = "APC UPS - Top"
        vendorid = 051D
        productid = 0002
        bus = 001
        serial = "xxxxxxx855"

[APC-b]
        driver = usbhid-ups
        port = /dev/apc-b
        desc = "APC UPS - Bottom"
        vendorid = 051D
        productid = 0002
        bus = 001
        serial = "xxxxxxx867"

*nut.conf*

MODE=netserver


*upsd.conf*```
LISTEN 0.0.0.0 3493
upsd.users

           [admin]
               password = <8 random letters>
               upsmon master
```

*upsmon.conf*```
RUN_AS_USER root

monitor APC-t at localhost 1 admin <8 random letters> master
monitor APC-b at localhost 1 admin <8 random letters> master
MINSUPPLIES 1
SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0"
POLLFREQ 5
POLLFREQALERT 5
HOSTSYNC 15
DEADTIME 15
POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
RBWARNTIME 43200
NOCOMMWARNTIME 300
FINALDELAY 5
```
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